"To read or to watch –that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to read
The original story within a book
The slings and arrows of its outrageous fortune
Or to take arms on behalf of a troubled film adaptation
Or by opposing end them."
(Obviously taken from Hamlet's soliloquy, a monologue from the play by William Shakespeare.)

jueves, 13 de febrero de 2014

Pinocchio: Collodi vs Disney

Just look at Disney's Pinocchio's lovely face. I mean, just look at him! It is incredible how much Disney altered this story. A lot of people have already told me they already find Disney's Pinocchio creepy (even I when I was little, although I liked the movie I also got scared at times), now let's see why it turned out that way, no matter how much rainbows and smiles Disney tried to add to it (Listverse info this time):

In the very first version of Pinocchio, the marionette is punished by death for being such a naughty boy. Pinocchio teases Gepetto mercilessly and runs away, Gepetto chases him but is caught by a police officer who throws the old man in prison, believing he is abusing the puppet. When Pinocchio returns to Gepetto’s house he meets a hundred year old cricket who tells him naughty boys turn into donkeys. Pinocchio throws a hammer at the cricket and kills it.

Pinocchio ends up nearly getting burned as fire wood, he then bites off an evil cat’s paw and meets a beautiful blue haired fairy who tells him she is dead and waiting for people to take her body away. Pinocchio then gets hung from a tree by the cat with the mutilated paw and the cat’s companion the fox, and they watch as Pinocchio suffocates to death. The End.

The editors weren’t too happy with this ending, so the author added a second part to the story. Here, the beautiful dead fairy rescues Pinocchio and they start living together, but Pinocchio takes up his wicked ways again and eventually turns into a donkey. He is sold to the circus, where he goes lame.

Pinocchio is then brought by a musician, who desires to kill him, skin him, and turn him into a drumhead. The musician ties rocks to the donkey’s neck and lowers him into the ocean to drown. As he drowns, fish eat the flesh off his bones, and the wooden marionette skeleton is left. Pinocchio swims away, but is swallowed by a giant shark, in whose stomach he finds Gepetto sitting at a table trying to eat live fish which keep wriggling out of his mouth. After they escape, Pinocchio busies himself with caring for Gepetto, and eventually as a reward for being a good lad, looking after his father and working hard, he is rewarded by being turned into a real boy.

I won't tell you your childhood is ruined this time because you should have seen it coming. Disney wins this one, simply for sanity's sake.

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My name is Ana. I am a Mexican girl who loves to draw, read, watch movies and listen to music. I decided to write my blog about books vs movies because lately I've been crazy (I mean, more than usual) about Disney thanks to Frozen –which I waited for for a year–; and about Middle-earth thanks to JRR Tolkien, who unknowingly came up with the perfect fantasy world for me, and Peter Jackson, who has beautifully brought this world to life although he took a few liberties here and there.

My blog is a school assignment for my Computer class.

It is a blog about books and movies from a Disney and Tolkien fan, so these two will be the main topics I will be talking about on this blog. But still, any book/movie suggestions are more than welcome! Please enjoy my blog and comment on anything that you like!